Charles VI
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Charles the MadorCharles the Well-beloved, 1368–1422, king of France 1380–1422.
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1685–1740, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1711–40; as Charles III, king of Hungary 1711–40.
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known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
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1685–1740, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–40). His claim to the Spanish throne (1700) led to the War of the Spanish Succession
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The Roman Emperor Claudius is thought to have died from consuming the mushrooms in AD 54, and so is the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, in 1740.
From Scientific American ● May 16, 2023
He went because the emperor, Charles VI, was a patron, ready to bankroll productions of Vivaldi’s operas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2018
On 21 May, in a treaty sealed in the city of Troyes, the kings of England were recognised by the French king, Charles VI, as the rightful inheritors of the throne of France.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2016
It was built by Emperor Charles VI in the late 17th century, with a soaring frescoed ceiling, 200,000 books dating from 1500, and antique globes scattered about; you’ll feel like you’ve stepped inside a storybook.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2012
No doubt this agreement was observed for a time, but it lapsed in the terrible disorders which ensued on the insanity of Charles VI.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
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